1982 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores 1982 was the 23rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Peñarol won the competition.

1982 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesMarch 7 – November 30
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsUruguay Peñarol (4th title)
Runners-upChile Cobreloa
Tournament statistics
Matches played74
Goals scored163 (2.2 per match)
1981
1983

Qualified teams

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Country Team Qualify method
CONMEBOL
(1 berth)
Flamengo 1981 Copa Libertadores champion
  Argentina
2 berths
River Plate 1981 Campeonato Nacional champions
Boca Juniors 1981 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
  Bolivia
2 berths
Jorge Wilstermann 1981 Primera División champion
The Strongest 1981 Primera División runner-up
  Brazil
2 berths
Grêmio 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
São Paulo 1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place
  Chile
2 berths
Colo-Colo 1981 Primera División champion
Cobreloa 1981 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
  Colombia
2 berths
Atlético Nacional 1981 Campeonato Profesional champion
Deportes Tolima 1981 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
  Ecuador
2 berths
Barcelona 1981 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
LDU Quito 1981 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
  Paraguay
2 berths
Olimpia 1981 Primera División champion
Sol de América 1981 Primera División runner-up
  Peru
2 berths
Melgar 1981 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Deportivo Municipal 1981 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
  Uruguay
2 berths
Defensor Sporting 1981 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Peñarol 1981 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
  Venezuela
2 berths
Deportivo Táchira 1981 Primera División champion
Estudiantes de Mérida 1981 Primera División runner-up

Draw

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The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Brazil competed as Flamengo was champion of the 1981 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Group stage

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Group 1

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Group 1 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   RIV   STR   WIL   BOC
1   River Plate 6 5 1 0 9 2 +7 11 Qualified to the Semi-Finals 4–1 3–0 1–0
2   The Strongest 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 5 1–0 1–1 1–0
3   Jorge Wilstermann 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 4 0–1 1–2 1–0
4   Boca Juniors 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 4 0–0 1–0 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Group 2 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PEÑ   SAO   GRE   DFS
1   Peñarol 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 9 Qualified to the Semi-Finals 1–0 1–0 3–0
2   São Paulo 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 6 0–1 2–2 2–1
3   Grêmio 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 5 3–1 0–0 1–2
4   Defensor Sporting 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 4 0–0 1–3 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

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Group 3 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   TOL   NAC   ESM   TAC
1   Deportes Tolima 6 3 3 0 9 3 +6 9 Qualified to the Semi-Finals 0–0 1–0 2–2
2   Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 8 0–3 2–0 1–0
3   Estudiantes de Mérida 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 4 1–1 1–3 1–0
4   Deportivo Táchira 6 0 3 3 2 6 −4 3 0–2 0–0 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

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Group 4 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   COB   CC   LDQ   BSC
1   Cobreloa 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 9 Qualified to the Semi-Finals 2–0 3–1 3–0
2   Colo-Colo 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 8 0–0 1–0 2–0
3   LDU Quito 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 4 0–0 2–2 4–2
4   Barcelona 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 3 1–1 1–3 4–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group 5

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Group 5 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   OLI   MEL   SOL   MUN
1   Olimpia 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 10 Qualified to the Semi-Finals 4–0 1–1 1–0
2   Melgar 6 4 0 2 9 10 −1 8 0–3 3–2 2–1
3   Sol de América 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 6 1–1 0–2 2–1
4   Deportivo Municipal 6 0 0 6 3 12 −9 0 1–2 0–2 0–3
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PEÑ   FLA   RIV
1   Peñarol 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 8 Qualified to the Final 1–0 2–1
2   Flamengo 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 4 0–1 4–2
3   River Plate 4 0 0 4 5 13 −8 0 2–4 0–3
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   COB   OLI   TOL
1   Cobreloa 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 5 Qualified to the Final 1–0 3–0
2   Olimpia 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 4 1–1 2–0
3   Deportes Tolima 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 3 1–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Peñarol   1 – 0   Cobreloa 0 – 0 1 – 0
 Copa Libertadores
1982 winner 
 
Peñarol
4th title
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